Comments on: Mental health advocates outraged by lack of state funding for psychiatric care, cuts in governor’s budget

By: Sebastian Gonzalez

Sebastian Gonzalez — Fri, 25 May 2018 15:32:00 +0000

I am beyond dumbfounded in regards to how cutting funding for psychiatric care was deemed in any way a good decision. In Maryland of all places, one of the states being affected by the opioid epidemic the most. It baffles me how the legislators could not realize how detrimental to their communities this will be. The connection between substance abuse and mental illness is much more concrete than people give credit for and being unaware of this fact puts people at a drastically higher risk of falling prey to the disease that is addiction. I recently read a really informative article outlining the relationship between mental health and substance abuse. You can find it here: https://goo.gl/oavW7D

By: Ken Sandin

Ken Sandin — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:02:00 +0000

No surprise. See Maryland Reporter’s February 15 summary account of the February 13 testimony before the House Health and Government Operations Committee on the Maryland Health Progress Act of 2013, implementing the Affordable Care Act. Healthcare-NOW of Maryland addressed the Act’s failiure to provide universal access to affordable quality health services for the uninsured and underinsured. Instead, the Act relies on state-funded Medicaid programs, which are perennially underfunded, particularly for mental health services. Given that no relief in in sight, given budgetary pressures on the states, we suggested that it is time to look at the one-third of all healthcare costs wasted by the profit-driven private health insurance ripoff.

By: Jim Parker

Jim Parker — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:41:00 +0000

Every state sees mental health funding as their easiest target to cut.They see it as a win funds by the cuts so they can put it towards so called better uses.What they are doingis adding to the homless and telling society as individuals to take careof them(this means public support them).Then think about the crime rate due to desperation by tese people(need for more police) and from this comes arrests which go thruogh the courts and then to the jails and prisons. So tell me did this cuttingof funds actually save money or in the long run it cost even more monies to take care of the problem. These are the blind people with no sense of right,just wrong.They look at 1 thing and 1 thing only “How much money can they put in their pockets while in office.” This may sound sad,butthis is the true fact that it is and thats all there is to it.Sorry!!

By: chase van arsdale

chase van arsdale — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 12:27:00 +0000

Martin O Malley is the WORST Governor MD has ever had!